Getting a grid of buttons without the spacing in between.
What do I need to do to avoid the default spacing between two buttons? I have tried setting padding to 0, BorderWidth etc. I am using Grid like this: in ctor: InitializeComponent(); var grid = new Grid...
View ArticleIs it possible to programmatically change the DisplayName of a Windows app?
When running the Windows version of my Xamarin.Forms app, the Display Name (from Package.appxmanifest) is displayed on the bar above my running app. Rather than use the static value from...
View ArticleSome questions about application life cycle
Hi, still new to App development it would be great if you could clarify some points for me. 1.What happens to the active thread of my App when the App looses focus? 2. What if it is in an event handler...
View ArticleHow to show alert popup ?
Hi all, I was working with the older version of xamarin forms, till that everything was working good but as I have upgraded it to XF version 2.0, my alert popup messages giving me error. Does anyone...
View ArticleXamlSamples.iOS `App' does not exist in the namespace `XamlSamples'.
/xamarin-forms-samples/XAMLSamples/XamlSamples/XamlSamples.iOS/AppDelegate.cs(37,37): Error CS0234: The type or namespace name `App' does not exist in the namespace `XamlSamples'. Are you missing an...
View Articlepush notification re launches app in android
Hi, I'm using the Xam.Plugin.Pushnotification package to implement cross platform push notification. It works fine on the iOS build and works mostly on the Android build. In iOS if a notification comes...
View ArticleXAML Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml is not resolved.
HI Now i am Creating a New Windows Phone App using Xamarin in VS2013. If I add the Shared Code and I am getting Error like this. "XAML Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml is not...
View Articlehow to make Contentview reusable?
According to the documentation Contentview is like UserControl of WPF. But we arent able to make it reusable, are we? I tried to use it as below but It doesnt work. this <ContentView>...
View ArticleHow to get sharp images?
I am working on the Xamarin Forms platform, building layouts in XAML. However, when I size an image to fit the screen, I always have a problem with the image becoming pixelated. It seems that I am not...
View ArticleWhy isn't intellisense working well with xaml?
I have VS 2015 with xamarin.forms. When I write a xaml page, intellisense doesn't show up suggestion, such as x:Name and auto-compile method for "clicked" event. why is it happening?
View ArticleQuestions about ExtendedTabbedPage in Xamarin Forms XLab project
Hi guys, I'd like to show a badge on the Tab Bar of Tabbed Page. I noticed that ExtendedTabbed Page supports in XLab project supports this. However, the badge can be only loaded in the contructor, but...
View ArticlePopup keyboard hides parts of the UI rather than resizing
I would like to create a screen that has a behavior similar to common chat apps e.g. Hangouts where there's a scrollable section of the page and an Entry with a Button underneath that updates the...
View ArticleXamarin Forms QR code scanner blank screen
I have a Xamarin Forms 2.0 application that uses ZXing.Net.Mobile and ZXing.Net.Mobile.Forms version 2.0.3.1. I'm trying to build a simple QR code scanner, but whenever I launch the ZXingScannerPage on...
View ArticleUWP + Forms 2.0 - Custom Page Renderer always shows empty
I have below custom page renderer for UWP app, while the app always shows an empty screen, from the debug with the Loaded event, I can see the border element in the ContainerElement with ActualWidth=0...
View ArticleHow to reuse my own custom render in another project ?
I created some custom render in my current project, now i start another project and want to reuse it. Does anyone help me, please ?
View ArticleCommand not called from Command parameter in custom control
Hi folks, I'm trying to create a custom control, derived from Button (not from "View") which has some added BindableProperties on it. This is what I've tried - in order to get the tap functionality of...
View ArticleHow to set AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds OnPlatform in XAML with AutoSize?
I tried this one but it didn't work <AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds> <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="Rectangle" iOS="0, 1, AutoSize, AutoSize" Android="0, 1, AutoSize, AutoSize" />...
View ArticleHow to deal with an image received from GET request
Hi I am new to Xamarin forms and I would like to ask if anyone knows how to deal with an image received from a GET request shown below var request = new RestRequest(command, Method.GET); try { var...
View ArticleIssue with 'InitializeComponent' method...!
Hi all, I am working with the PCL project and recently I have upgraded the Xamarin Forms to version 2.0. Now I am getting the problem with 'InitializeComponent' method. It shows the error : "The name...
View ArticleWeb Views on Xamarin.Forms Windows
Hi, I have a WebView which I use on my cross platform app and it looks fine, but on Windows the web views are smaller and scaled down and when I have a full screen web view it doesn't work. Does anyone...
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